SSD: what is more important sequential write / read or random?

Question

Solid State Drives

Now I actively choose an SSD drive for a desktop computer, I read reviews and I see that there are drives with good sequential access performance, but with poor random access, but there are vice versa.

Tell me what to give preference and why?

I am planning to use hdd to store media and heavy files.

Answer 1

If for heavy files and multimedia - then sequential access, of course.
If under the OS - then random.
Personally, I don’t understand why an SSD is needed to store heavy files and multimedia. Too expensive pleasure with a minimum return. Regular 7200 rpm the terabyte will cope with the task many times better (the reading speed will of course be lower, but it is enough, plus more space).
The main advantage of SSDs over mechanical ones is random access. If sequential reading and writing differs by 2-3 times (in favor of SSD), then random access is 10-20 times (again, in favor of SSD).
Well, i.e. to watch a movie in full HD - the sequential reading speed of a conventional mechanical disk is more than enough. To download the same movie from the network to it - too (if the network is not gigabit, of course).
Therefore, it is much better to take an SSD for the system and other software with a large number of files (games, again), and for mechanical storage.

Answer 2

if you do not know which of the parameters is more important for you, should you buy an SSD?

Answer 3

Show me the opposite? This is basically bullshit IMHO.
How can random access be faster than sequential access?

Answer 4

SSDs are only good where random access is needed.

Answer 5

I haven’t met a ssd with a bad random read rate, what’s the difference between ssd randomly or sequentially?